The final assembly of term was full of joy and sparkles thanks to some wonderful Christmas dances by everyone in the Junior School! Bravo, everyone – you certainly put an extra little spring in all our steps!

Upper 3 (Year 7) showed off their impressive teamwork in a rather unique way in this week’s hilarious Christmas blind obstacle course! With fun festive tunes setting the theme, they worked in pairs – one of the pair wearing a blindfold – to navigate jumps, balances and slaloms, showing agility and cooperation that would be

Pre-Prep had a very special Zoom call from none other than Santa Claus himself before the end of term! Our youngest Maynardians were overjoyed to get to chat to Santa in his North Pole office and tell him all about their plans for Christmas – what a meaningful memory to make and keep for many

Our annual Upper 4 (Year 9) Christmas Cake Exhibition is unfailingly a highlight of every Christmas season! Brilliant bakers have created a show-stopping selection of cakes decorated with everything from cozy lodges – complete with lights on inside! – and Santa coming down the chimney to all manner of festive scenes with snowmen, reindeer, elves

Scores of our dazzling performers brought St Matt’s Church to life with a bountiful array of carols and prayers at yesterday’s Christmas Carol Service! As always, the evening was a most touching celebration of the season, with our marvellous musicians, singers and readers – not to mention the fantastic Staff Choir – enchanting a packed

Year 1 thoroughly enjoyed their annual trip to Killerton on Tuesday! Everyone was positively dazzled by festive makeover that the house and grounds have undergone, complete with sparkling trees, fairy lights, gorgeous garlands and heaps of Christmas fun and interactive activities. It’s always such a magical outing!

Music is absolutely flying at The Maynard this Christmas! Pupils, parents and guests were treated to an exhilarating performance of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition on Monday by Mr Alfie Pugh – not only an incredibly talented pianist, but also one of our star Maynard piano teachers! Surrounded by artwork created by Upper 3 (Year

The annual edition of the mighty Pre-Prep Reindeer Races got underway this week and was met with all the usual glee and excitement! Our wonderful mini Rudolphs had a fabulous time, flying over the obstacles and cheering each other on in a great show of camaraderie and support!

Our amazing Year 6 singers spread festive joy to our friends across the road at The Lodge Care Home on Monday, performing a host of wonderful wintertime carols and inviting residents to share in a jolly celebration of Christmas together! Year 6 gave a fantastic performance and thoroughly enjoyed singing to such a lovely audience.

Last week’s ‘Christmas at The Great Barn’ was a truly magical occasion where 10 of our first-rate readers had a lovely time performing for visitors, many of whom consider this super event to herald the start of the festive period! The evening, which sees the brilliant Exeter Chamber Choir led by Andrew Daldorph perform a

The House Christmas Fair on Thursday was a riot of jolly activity and one of many highlights from this week! The Main School Hall sparkled with holiday joy and was packed with treats, activities and prizes to be won, perfectly coinciding with our school-wide Christmas Jumper Day. Students enjoyed festive fun while also supporting some

Upper 4 (Year 9) have again been doing a fantastic job of learning languages and stretching their limits in the GCHQ National Language Competition! The competition encourages budding linguists to discover their aptitude for language learning via solving puzzles and scoring points, and in addition to working hard in MFL lessons, Upper 4 have been

Our incredible Junior School put on some positively magical performances at yesterday’s toe-tapping Junior Christmas Singalong! The lovely students from Years 3 to 6 joined together to share this marvellous celebration of the season with guests: the Performing Arts Centre came alive with classic carols and songs, festive readings, and various solo and group pieces

Guests were treated to an absolutely delightful performance starring the whole of our wonderful Pre-Prep today! Together, they told the enchanting tale, ‘Gnome Alone’: Norma the Gnome only wants to help Santa with all his sleigh painting, boot shining and other festive tasks, but until now has been overlooked – will she get her chance? We

A luxurious Yuletide chocolate log is just the tasty treat to tuck into this season! Brilliant Upper 3 (Year 7) bakers have been artfully making their own chocolate logs and beautifying them with a host of festive adornments, from delicate snowflakes and edible glitter to Christmas stockings and Santa figures.

Our Head, Mrs Gregory, welcomed fantastic Year 5 into her office last week to share some delicious hot chocolate – an essential in such cold and blustery weather – and learn all about how they’re finding this year at school! Over warm drinks and freshly-baked Maynard cookies, each class had a wonderful discussion with Mrs

We are delighted to announce that we’ve been crowned The Sunday Times Independent School of the Year in the South West. This prestigious title recognises our exceptional academic achievements in addition to our dedication to fostering a nurturing and happy environment for all students. The Times & Sunday Times Parent Power identifies more than 1,600

We’re so incredibly proud to offer a tremendous congratulations to outstanding Upper Sixth (Year 13) student Willow for being one of the latest recipients of a prestigious Blue Boy Award! Blue Boy Awards are given by the St John’s Hospital Educational Foundation to selected local students going above and beyond to be as true pillars

The Lord Mayor’s Carol Service was once again a spectacularly enchanting event for our remarkable singers and musicians, who lent their musical talents to this wonderful annual celebration of the festive season. Performers came together to fill the lofty heights of Exeter Cathedral with beloved carols and raise money for FORCE Cancer Charity – donations

The exceptional U14 netball team truly did themselves and the school proud – as they always do! – at yesterday’s National Schools County Round! They played superbly and thoroughly earned their spot on the podium to become the 3rd best team in the county, just narrowly missing out on the regionals and so will be

The hockey Tier 2 Regional Final results are in! We’re super proud to announce that the marvellous U16 team smashed it at Millfield on Thursday, playing some brilliant and nail-bitingly close games to finish 3rd in their pool. Then, only 24 hours later, the superb U14 team headed to Clifton College and similarly played incredible

Congratulations to all our remarkable runners who gave their all at Thursday’s Exeter v East Devon Cross Country! They tackled wet and slippery courses with great grit and determination, and particular mention goes to Upper 3 (Year 7) Maya (centre in photo), Upper 4 (Year 9) Issy and Upper 5 (Year 11) Izzy, who performed

The amazing Upper 4 (Year 9) unveiled their impressive array of dramatic talents at their very own Drama Showcase on Thursday! The year’s budding actresses brought the emotional tale of children fighting for their right to a comprehensive education to the Main School Hall stage, transporting audiences to a time of scholastic revolution with immersive

The Chamber Choir had the privilege of adding extra festive sparkle to the always lovely Darts Farm Festive Indulgence Evening on Wednesday! Our fantastic singers performed a range of enchanting carols to add to the merry atmosphere, delighting visitors coming to taking part in innovative masterclasses, delicious tastings and a spot of Christmas shopping. It’s

The sky is most certainly NOT the limit for our Sixth Form STEM students, who came away from last Saturday’s UK Space Design regional finals with a truly tremendous win! The out-of-this-world challenge held at the University of Exeter tasked students from eight schools with drawing on their knowledge of physics, engineering, economics, design and

It’s beginning to look a lot like Chris-maths! Our Junior School Governor, Mr Holland, brought Christmas fun with a maths twist to Year 5 yesterday – using paper and Christmas cards, girls got stuck in to making beautiful festive stars out of kite shapes and sparkling dodecahedron baubles. Their brilliant handiwork is now decorating the

Whoop whoop – we did it! Through to the Devon County Netball Finals and huge, huge congratulations to our incredibly talented U14 team for persevering in what can only be described as quite the most thrilling netball in recent memory! Following competitive games against Tiverton and Blundell’s earlier in the day, we faced Exeter School in

The U12 A and B hockey teams have truly ended this season on a high! Girls played Uffculme in the final game of the season last night and drew on everything they’ve been working on this term, including the press, using their pivot player and keeping the ball wide, to come away with two emphatic

Year 3 have been learning all about the Neolithic wonder that is Stonehenge, and created these beautifully atmospheric mixed media collages to capture some of the monument’s awe-inspiring presence. Tying in with their lessons on the prehistoric world, they mixed vibrant paints together to create a stunning sunset backdrop, then used collage skills to carefully

We have extremely exciting news to share from last Friday’s Children In Need Day fundraising fun! Thanks to the incredible kindness and generosity of our wonderful school community, we raised a whopping £1,020.34 for this amazing charity. How brilliant it was to see so many of our girls and families fully embracing the spirit of